- Postcode districts
- WN8
- Nearby
- Ormskirk, Wigan and Kirkby
- Guide price
- £1,900–£4,700
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Lancashire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Skelmersdale?
For Skelmersdale, our guide range for a bath to shower conversion is £1,900 to £4,700 including VAT. We adjust the national guide for North West England, where prices are typically about 6% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Tray and enclosure
- Thermostatic shower, re-tiling
Walk-in shower
- Large tray and frameless screen
Level-access floor
- Level entry, linear drain
Guide prices for Skelmersdale including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Skelmersdale
In Skelmersdale we cover WN8; we also cover Ormskirk, 4.6 miles away, and Wigan.
In Skelmersdale, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. If you are applying for a grant towards a bath to shower conversion in Skelmersdale, we provide the itemised written quote the council will ask for. If the bath in your Skelmersdale home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job.
Most of Lancashire is supplied with soft water. If that holds for your street in Skelmersdale, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
- Silicone, a full-flow test and a tidy finish where the new tiling meets the old
- A low-profile tray, or a former and tanking for a level-access floor
- Boarding, tanking and re-tiling of the shower walls
Decisions to make first
How much to re-tile
Re-tile just the shower walls, or take the chance to re-tile the whole room so new and old tiles never have to match.
Low tray or level floor
A low-profile tray has a small lip. A level-access floor removes the step altogether but needs a former, tanking and a linear drain.
Rules that apply in England
In England, adding an electric shower usually means a new circuit, which is notifiable under Part P, as is any change to the wiring in the bathroom. Where the conversion is an adaptation for a disabled person, a Disabled Facilities Grant of up to £30,000 may help, but the council must approve it before work starts.
